Murray Stein, Ph.D., is a Jungian psychoanalyst, author, writer, lecturer and playwright who works as a supervising and training analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zürich, Switzerland.
After graduating from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, he went on to attend Yale Divinity School, earning a Master of Divinity in 1969. That same year he began training as a Jungian psychoanalyst at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland, and worked as a managing editor for James Hillman’s Spring Publications. Upon graduating with a Diploma in Analytical Psychology, at the age of 30, he returned to the United States and settled in Chicago where he established himself as a training analyst and began doctoral work at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
He is a founding member of the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, was elected its first president, served for five years as head of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. Along with fellow Jungian analyst Dr. Nathan Schwartz-Salant (Ep. 26), Dr. Stein co-organized and co-hosted the Ghost Ranch Conferences in New Mexico. The papers from those conferences were later published in The Chiron Clinical Series after the two co-founded Chiron Publications in 1983. The following year, Dr. Stein was awarded his Ph.D. in religion and psychological studies.
While serving as Honorary Secretary of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) under Thomas Kirsch, Dr. Stein began traveling widely, lecturing in China, Europe, Japan, Mexico, and South Africa. Dr. Stein served as president of the IAAP for three years and in 2003, at age 60, returned to Switzerland where he became a training and supervising analyst at the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zürich). He served as the school’s president from 2008-2012 and continues to chair their Zürich Lecture Series.
He is the author, co-author, editor, and co-editor of numerous books, articles, essays, and stage plays, all of which are listed on the special Murray Stein page in our Blog. His most popular book, Jung’s Map of the Soul, has been published in 13 languages, and in 2020, Chiron began publishing his Collected Writings. The nine volumes include:
Volume 1: Individuation (Mar. 1, 2020)
Volume 2: Myth & Psychology (Sept. 15, 2020)
Volume 3: Transformations (May 1, 2021)
Volume 4: The Practice of Jungian Psychoanalysis (Mar. 15, 2022)
Volume 5: Analytical Psychology & Christianity (Mar. 31, 2023)
Volume 6: Analytical Psychology & Religion (Oct. 15, 2022)
Volume 7: The Problem of Evil (Jul. 1, 2023)
Volume 8: Psychology & Spirituality (Mar. 1, 2024)
Volume 9: Jungian Studies (Nov. 8, 2024)
Volume 10: Psychology and Society (Dec. 1, 2025)
He now lives a quiet life in the mountains outside of Zürich where he continues to write plays with friend and fellow Jungian analyst Dr. Henry Abramovitch (Ep. 47 & 126). Their most recent collaborations are Twilight at Bollingen and Reading Room.
Dr. Stein joins us today, after two and a half years, for his 15th appearance on Speaking of Jung to discuss his latest book, Jung and Alchemy: A Path to Individuation, published by Chiron on July 24.
STEVEN HERRMANN
Steven Herrmann, Ph.D., is a Jungian psychoanalyst, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and author in Oakland, California.
A graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, he earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the Rosebridge Graduate School at Argosy University with a dissertation on vocational development in childhood. He trained as a Jungian psychoanalyst at the C.G. Jung Institute of San Francisco.
His latest books include Swami Vivekananda and C.G. Jung: Yoga in the West (2022), Vocational Dreams: Calling Archetypes and Nuclear Symbols (2024), and Meister Eckhart and C.G. Jung: On the Vocation of the Self (2024).
Later this month, the first title in the series, Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Analytical Psychology and Neo-Jungian Studies, by series editor Stefano Carpani, Ph.D. (Ep. 142) will be released. Murray Stein: Individuation, Transformation and the Ways to the Self in Jungian Psychology was written by Dr. Herrmann and includes a psychobiography of Dr. Stein as well as a comprehensive overview of his entire body of work. It will be released on November 17.
This video interview was recorded on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. It’s 01:26:21 long and 83 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser (click the play button in the bar below) or download it directly to your computer. Please watch the video edition on our YouTube channel.
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📙 Featured book – Jung and Alchemy: A Path to Individuation by Murray Stein
Please visit our comprehensive Murray Stein page in the blog section.
Chiron Clinical Series by Chiron Publications
International School of Analytical Psychology ISAPZURICH offers the world’s only full-time residential in-person training programs in Jungian Psychology, to enrich your life as a Matriculated Auditor and/or to become a Jungian Analyst, in a vibrant welcoming community. Selected courses are publicly accessible on-site, live on Zoom or as edited recordings on Vimeo.
International Association for Analytical Psychology
Jung’s Map of the Soul by Murray Stein
The Collected Writings of Murray Stein All 9 volumes (Vol. 10 will be released on Dec. 1, 2025)
Jungian Studies Vol. 9 of the Collected Writings of Murray Stein (Correction: This volume was released on Nov. 8, 2024.)
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Temenos Dream Dream recording app for iOS and Android
Diane Stanley Artist
The Collected Works of C.G. Jung All volumes (See our Books page for individual volumes.)
Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Goethe’s Faust: Notes for a Jungian Commentary by Edward F. Edinger, M.D., Jungian analyst
Jung and the Epic of Transformation, Volume 2: Goethe’s “Faust” as a Text of Transformation by Paul Bishop, Ph.D. (Professor Bishop will join us on Dec. 10, 2025 to discuss this book. You can read an excerpt on our blog.)
Nathan Schwartz-Salant Hear our interview with Dr. Schwartz-Salant in Episode 26
C.G. Jung: Word and Image Edited by Aniela Jaffé; includes information on Jung’s grandfather possibly being an illegitimate son of Goethe’s as well as Jung’s visit to Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico
C.G. Jung Home and Museum Küsnacht, Switzerland
Marie-Louise von Franz Our comprehensive page in the blog.
Psychology and Alchemy Vol. 12 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung (Currently 30% off at Amazon US.)
Alchemical Studies Vol. 13 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung (Currently 27% off at Amazon US.)
Mysterium Coniunctionis Vol. 14 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung (Currently 13% off at Amazon US.)
Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1945 for the exclusion principle or Pauli principle.
The Jung Center of Houston, Texas
C.G. Jung Center Evanston, Illinois
June Singer, Ph.D. Jungian Analyst
A Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom by June Singer
The Psychology of the Transference Extracted from Vol. 16 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
The Practice of Psychotherapy Vol. 16 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung (Includes the essay, “Problems of Modern Psychotherapy,” in which Jung’s discusses “the love cure.”)
International Association for Spielrein Studies Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942)
Sabina Spielrein: Forgotten Pioneer of Psychoanalysis Edited by Coline Covington and Barbara Wharton
The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung (Currently 46% off at Amazon US.)
Symbols of Transformation Vol. 5 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung (Currently 31% off at Amazon US.)
The Secret of the Golden Flower Translated by Richard Wilhelm; Commentary by C.G. Jung
Herber Silberer Books on alchemy
Outside Inside & All Around: And Other Essays in Jungian Psychology by Murray Stein
Ways to the Self: Five Conversations by Murray Stein and Diane Stanley
Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology by Marie-Louise von Franz (Currently 36% off at Amazon US.)
Our Twitter accounts: @murraywsteinii | @jungianLaura
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📙 Featured book – Murray Stein: Individuation, Transformation & the Ways to the Self in Jungian Psychology by Steven Herrmann (Nov. 17, 2025)
Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Analytical Psychology and Neo-Jungian Studies by series editor Stefano Carpani
Solar Conscience Lunar Conscience: An Essay on the Psychological Foundations of Morality, Lawfulness, & the Sense of Justice by Murray Stein
Jung’s Treatment of Christianity: The Psychotherapy of a Religious Tradition by Murray Stein
The San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal Vol. 17, No. 1, 1998 (Includes Steven Herrmann’s reviews on the work of Murray Stein.)
In Midlife by Murray Stein
Four Pillars of Jungian Psychoanalysis by Murray Stein
Transformation: Emergence of the Self by Murray Stein, Fay Lecture Series, 1998 (Also available as a free PDF from Texas A&M University Press.)
Men Under Construction: Challenges & Prospects by Murray Stein